NMCI CHIEF IS FOR CHANGE ARMY ISSUES RFP FOR NEW TACTICAL NETWORK AIR FORCE READIES AN INTEGRATED WAR OFFICE ARMY HIRES STAT SCANNER FIRST ROUND OF NMCI TESTS WILL CONCLUDE NEXT MONTH NMCI TEST RESULTS COULD BOOST SEATS TO 149,000 NMCI WILL HEED USERS’ OPINIONS DOD SETS PLAN FOR FINANCIAL SYSTEM DISA SAYS ‘ENCORE’ TO SUCCESSFUL PURCHASE PROCESS ARMY, DARPA AWARD CONTRACT FOR COMBAT PROGRAM ARMY WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO ITS AKO PORTAL INCOMING INCOMING VENDORS OPPOSE DOD PLAN TO BAR ALIENS IN IT JOBS VA TAKES OVER VETERANS’ MEDICAL DATA FROM DOD
Rear Adm. Charles L. Munns wants every sailor to be as enthusiastic as he is about the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet. But even if they aren't, the NMCI program manager stresses that the $6.9 billion outsourcing program will proceed.
The Army will use commercial technologies to develop a tactical network for voice, data and video communications.
The Air Force on Monday will inaugurate a new office for warfighting integration and has appointed a base commander in Massachusetts as the office's deputy chief of staff.
The Army this week awarded Harris Corp. a multimillion-dollar contract to protect its global networks from cyberthreats. The Melbourne, Fla., company will install its Stat Scanner vulnerability assessment software on more than 1.5 million Army systems and will provide maintenance for three years.
The Navy is shooting to complete testing of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet next month and receive permission from the Defense Department to add 100,000 more seats to the environment.
Navy-Marine Corps Intranet director Charles Munns met with senior Defense Department officials Friday to update them on the progress of contractor testing and evaluation.
Users of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet not only will soon get to voice their opinions of the system, but their input also will have a measurable effect on the programs lead contractor.
The Defense Department is designing a financial and accounting systems architecture and expects the Defense Fi-nance and Accounting Service to approve it this month.
The Defense Information Systems Agency, designating its Defense Enterprise Integration Services II contract a success, is continuing the $3 billion purchasing vehicle, which had been set to expire July 1.
The Army has chosen two industry giants to boost its high-tech fighting power and develop the Future Combat Systems program.
The Armys computer-based training progrtam has attracted steady interest for years. But when the service recently announced a training initiative on the front page of the Army Knowledge Online portal, 20,000 people signed up in one week.
Software deal. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center has awarded a $30 million contract to Computer Sciences Corp. to provide software engineering support for the Navy Training Management and Planning System.
Titan Corp. of San Diego won a Special Operations Command contract potentially worth $189.4 million over nine years.
The head of the Information Technology Association of America wants the Defense Department to reconsider a proposal that would bar foreign nationals from some sensitive IT jobs.
The Veterans Health Administration is taking over from the Defense Department a system that lets the agencies share up-to-date veterans medical information.
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